Electric heater



A. G. WERNER.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

APPLICATlON FILED DEC.30.1919.

1,375, 1 94. Patented Apr. 19, 1921'.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED G. WERNER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and tate of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Heaters, of which the following is a specification, ref erence being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates 'to electric heaters and has for its object to provide a heater of this character, comprising a disk member on which a heating unit is carried, said disk member being provided with a conically shaped guard cage, the apex end of said guard cage being provided with a threaded member whereby said heater may besupported in various sockets of conventional forms of electric fixtures. Also to provide a plug member carried on the bottom of the disk whereby said heater may be supported in a position so that its apex end will be downwardly disposed.

A further object is to provide a heater which may be supported in a conventional form of socket of an electric light fixture, or if so desired disposed on its base and supported on a table or other article.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the heater.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View through the heater.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the heater with its apex end extending downwardly.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a round base member and 2 a downwardly extending annular flange carried by said base member. Riveted to the flange 2 as at 3 are upwardly and inwardly extending curved wires 4 which form a cage for the heater and have their ends embedded as at 5 in a threaded plug 6. The plug 6 forms a supporting means for the heater when the same is threaded into a ceiling or wall electric socket, and the cage iiii1naaon filed December 30;; 19155. er'iar electric socket and the electric energy from said socket heating the heat unit 8. Wires 9 are preferably carried by a plug 12, which may be placed in the plug 10 when the heater is disposed on a table in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. However, when the heater is in the position shown in Fig. 1, plug 12 is removed. When the heater is disposed on a table the wires 9 pass through a notch 13 in the flange 2 thereby allowing the heater as a whole to rest evenly on the table.

From the above it will be seen that an electric heater is provided which may be suspended and supported in any conventional form of electric socket in inverted or upright position and also one wherein it will be possible to rest the heater on a flanged base on a table or other article, thereby providing a heater adapted to universal use within the household.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. An electric heater comprising a base, said base having a downwardly extending flange for supporting the base spaced from a table, upwardly and inwardly extending wires having their lower ends secured to the flange, said wires having their upper ends merging to an apex and embedded in an outwardly extending threaded plug, and a heating unit carried by the base.

2. An electric heater comprising a base, said base having a downwardly extending flange for supporting the base spaced from a horizontal support, upwardly and inwardly extending wires having their lower ends secured to the flange, the upper ends of said wires being embedded in a threaded plug, said threaded plug being centrally disposed in relation to the base, a threaded plug on the under face of the base shorter than the base flange and in axial alinement with the first mentioned threaded plug, said 5 posed between the heating unit and the base thereby preventing the excessive heating of the base and its flange, the threaded plug carried by the under face of the base being supported on its flange base on disposed within the depression formed by the flange thereby allowing the heater to be 10 a table or the like.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ALFRED G. WERNER. 

